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This week’s reader request comes from Jessica: My husband and I have a ton of art. Not any fancy-pants stuff, but a lot of small and medium sized things, mostly framed, that we’ve picked up on our way through life. My problem is this: We have more than I want to hang at any given time, but I don’t want to just store the extras and forget about them. I really love the look of art leaned against walls, on shelves, etc. but I can’t convince him that it would look good without examples. Could you help me find inspiration photos of art, beautifully displayed, leaning against walls or on shelves? I love “leaning” art – it’s a great versatile solution for people like me who get visually bored very quickly and saves your walls (especially handy for renters!), plus I love the casual feel it gives. So here are some photos of art not hung on walls in the traditional, expected fashion.

rue magazine	Richard Powers
Lonny	Sköna hem
New York Social Diary	Ron Marvin
AT Casa	Lucas Allen
AT Casa	Marie Claire Italy
design*sponge	Jacob Termansen
design*sponge	Rinat Lavi

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Glenn Gissler

Living Etc.

Shaver/Melahn

Todd Yoggy

Sköna hem

Lonny

Phoebe Howard

Lonny

Traditional Home

Or if you happen to have a spare, unused staircase…

Pieter Estersohn

I love Julia Edelmann of Buckingham ID’s showroom. I want to move in. Park my slippers under that Swedish couch. I’m sure Julia would let me and now is the prefect time. Works by Chicago artist Francine Turk (you may have seen pieces on the set of the Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn movie “The Break-up”) are clustered salon style across the walls. Beautiful. So Julia when you least expect it you’ll find a strange woman (moi) draped across a chair drinking it all in. Chill the champagne. I’ll be over so.

We received an email a couple days ago that without a doubt had to be shared with you all: “I’m Lady, an advertising creative from Manila and an avid reader and fan of your blog. You’ve featured our cat Kitty Bang Bang once on Monday’s Pets on Furniture. For the past year, my boyfriend and I have been constantly inspired by your featured interiors to improve our new home. Having an artist father, I’ve therefore asked him to paint a mural on our dining room wall, to break the sparseness of the space.” Oh, to have an artist for a father! This mural is fantastic!!! Thank you so much for sharing Lady!

I was scoping out the portfolio of architecture and interior design firm West Chin the other day to see if there were more photos I could showcase here that Jo hadn’t already done in her post back in June. I came across a swanky pad that I thought was worthy of it’s own post. This flat is modern but not too harsh, with funky bits here and there (including a couple sets of boobs and a pair of diaper chairs), and even some cute spaces for the kids (the parents must lock them in their rooms for fear of dirty hands on the furniture). FAB!

DanielleT	KnoxillaWoman
hownowdesign	ishandchi
ladyreynolds	Lana Stewart
misterbisson	mintyfresh
mr. rollers	sarahreck
wonderfullycomplex	homebug

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